Easy to use but limited
I'm pretty novice when it comes to video editing, so I needed something intuitive and easy to use, but with some decent features. It's entirely possible I missed features, so maybe some of my complaints are unwarranted. Nevertheless, here's my review.
Pros: It's easy to use. Importing, stage, timeline, preview, it's all there and immediately makes sense. Cutting footage/audio is easy. Detaching audio is easy. And it's pretty fast.
Cons:
-Here are my pain points. For starters, cutting video or audio can be a pain because after you trim it, you have to manually drag it on the timeline to where you want it. Cut off the first minute of the video; be prepared to spend the next minute dragging it to the start of the timeline. The easier method is to copy/paste it to the start and delete the ole one, but it would be better to have a function "move to start" or something.
-Adding tracks/groups is hidden under a tracks icon at the bottom of the screen and then after that you have to click on a "more" icon to find the option to add a track or group. Seems like a clunky design choice.
-Grouping is a bit of a pain. You can group multiple tracks and move them, but I didn't find a way to group multiple audio pieces I'd cut, so I could move them together on the timeline.
-There's an option to adjust audio, but everything starts at 100% so you can only lower it and can't make it louder. There are no other options for audio other than Fade In/Fade Out and speed adjustment.
Bugs
-Sometimes clips will disappear from the timeline. They're still there, but they don't visually show on the timeline
-About 50% of the time I can't click and drag clips on the timeline: it will move to another track, resize the trim, or do nothing at all.
I think this is a great concept and I'll be using it more, but definitely room for improvement.

Paul_Flixier
May 9, 2024Hi Kyle,
Thanks a lot for the review! To move everything on a track to the left when cutting and deleting. Select the clip that you want to delete or the empty space and click Ripple Delete. As for everything else... we will definitely look at ways to improve it.
All the best, Paul and the Flixier team